Honeydew alternative Crossword Clue

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Honeydew alternative Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HONEYDEW (noun)
1. the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh
ALTERNATIVE (adjective)
1. serving or used in place of another
2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
ALTERNATIVE (noun)
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

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ABACAS

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Across

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15. Really mad

16. Like stallions and bulls

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19. Ticks off

20. Do better than

21. *Areas of land

23. Drink that might be served with crumpets

24. Need to pay

27. "___ corte de rosas y espinas" (Sarah J. Maas novel translated by Margara Averbach)

28. Spigot

31. Trips around the sun (Abbr.)

33. Proves versatile

35. "Days of ___ Lives"

36. Orchard units

38. Counterpart of ecstasy

40. Flash seen before hearing thunder

44. "Hidden Figures" star Janelle

45. Airport annoyance

46. Long, long time

47. Vegas venue whose interior includes the world's largest LED screen

50. Write to Dear Abby, say

53. Boxing ref's call

54. ___ Te Ching

55. The Broncos, on a scoreboard

57. Brain scan (Abbr.)

59. Home on a Kingdomino starting tile

62. Turn into mush

64. Sign of things to come

66. Classic parade streamer material

69. Dryer fuzz

70. Causing goose bumps

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72. Prom partner

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Down

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3. 'That's the truth!'

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10. Leave out

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32. It's a long story

34. Parenthetical bit

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40. Window-shop, perhaps

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44. Was introduced to

48. Tapped gently

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